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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Performing Backup</h1>
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   <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__p14427140104917">Before performing backup, you need to associate the resources to be protected with a specified SLA. The system protects the resources and periodically executes backup jobs based on the SLA. You can perform a backup job immediately through manual backup.</p>
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     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li336125611415">If a replication or archive policy has been defined in the SLA, the system will perform replication or archiving once based on the SLA when you perform manual backup.</li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li930313710229">If the host where the client is installed runs the Windows OS, the <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__text2263048103312">product</span> mounts file systems of the backup storage to the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__b14263174816332">C:\mnt\databackup\</strong> path by default. To modify the mount path, open the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__b653033783411">agent_cfg.xml</strong> configuration file in the <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__i1542112916218">Client installation directory</em><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__b19714663415">\DataBackup\ProtectClient\ProtectClient-E\conf</strong> directory and change the value of <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__b3394105619195">win_mount_public_path value</strong>.
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        <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__p1197162742413">Replace <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__i1232194212249">Client installation directory</em> in the directory with the actual one.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4>
    <p>XX</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4>
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     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li173515381130"><span>Select an SLA.</span><p></p>
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       You can also click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__uicontrol169554520714"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__text179554516717"><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> to create an SLA.
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         <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__p125947145711"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__ph1413818422327">If a WORM policy has been configured for the resources to be protected, select an SLA without a WORM policy to avoid WORM policy conflicts.</span></p>
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     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li1333921134717"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__uicontrol23691650677"><b>OK</b></span>.</span><p></p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__en-us_topic_0000001656691397_p25041111535">If the current system time is later than the start time of the first backup specified in the SLA, you can select <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__b9624185216713">Execute manual backup now</strong> in the dialog box that is displayed or choose to perform automatic backup periodically based on the backup policy set in the SLA.</p> <p></p></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li647231474515"><strong>Optional: </strong><span>Perform manual backup.</span><p></p>
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       If you want to execute a backup job immediately, perform manual backup through the following operations. Otherwise, skip this step.
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        <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li6449836144510">In the row of the target resource, choose <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__b146814226353">More</strong> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__text18439122416533"><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span>.
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           <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__en-us_topic_0000001607531736_p870125314544">You can select multiple resources to perform manual backup in batches. Select multiple protected resources and choose <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__b1657653183519">More</strong> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__text122852865419"><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span> in the upper left corner of the resource list.</p>
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        <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li5644125184512">Set the name of the copy generated during manual backup.<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__p444210492470"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li5644125184512"></a><a name="li5644125184512"></a>If this parameter is left unspecified, the system sets the copy name to <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__b17709174711816">backup_</strong><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__i1371044717814">Timestamp</em> by default.</p></li>
        <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li9911344144518">Select a protection policy, which can be <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__text1037414518818"><strong>Full Backup</strong></span> or <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__text937414517813"><strong>Forever Incremental (Synthetic Full) Backup</strong></span>.
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           <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__p13522118194919"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__ph19374310343">If the selected protection policy is different from that configured in the associated SLA for 1.6.0 and later versions, the WORM configuration does not take effect.</span></p>
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        <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__li2637101024612">Click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__uicontrol1662615410817"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200146973__text13625854687"><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</li>
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